Arts Council of Wales backs Paying Artists campaign
Arts Council of Wales announces support for a-n/AIR campaign for artists to receive fair payment for exhibiting.
Arts Council of Wales announces support for a-n/AIR campaign for artists to receive fair payment for exhibiting.
Following on from my painting of David Tenant AKA Dr Who (see finished picture below), I decided to use a smaller canvas to depict Rose Tyler; his Companion. This is an important image towards the end of a series. It […]
D is for Lav Diaz, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports b. 1958. We live in a post-internet age, as such we want questions to answers immediately. Our broadband providers update our internet speed, thus we accelerate. We want things now. Being […]
C is for Manuel Conde, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports Patrick Flores, Curator of the Filipino Pavilion at ‘The 56th Venice Biennial’ presents ‘Tie A String Around the World’, a group exhibition featuring 4 Filipino artists including, Manuel Conde, Carlos Francisco, […]
I finally finished the main steel body of the sculpture today. The most challenging part of this was creating two joints in the structure that would allow me to take the sculpture apart for transport, but be very strong when […]
Brook and I have had several interesting conversations during the past few days – I’m finding it hard to make time to edit them, but have uploaded the second today on Vimeo (Vimeo.com/patwilsonsmith Conversation#2:Self, Feminism & the Anthropocene) Negotiating this […]
Artists who live or practice in East London are in with a chance of winning a cash prize of £10,000 plus a solo exhibition in Bow.
A huge thank you to Andrew Hill, director of Notcutt who have agreed to sponsor my piece by providing a large amount of the Jesmonite products, that will cover the core structure (Jesmonite components, quadaxial fibreglass matting, pigments, sealer). W […]
A few days from now, I will be on a flight to Stockholm, along with fellow SCI ( and AIR ) members Elena Thomas, Jo Brown, Michael Borkowsky and Catherine Harrison. I have been trying to find the time to […]
I’m thinking about the transition from a house to a home which is very closely related to the transition from space to place. I can see four main strands that make a or better will make our house (once it […]
The Edinburgh-based artist talks about how 12 months of residencies in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Abroath have led to a solo exhibition at Glasgow School of Art which uses film, audio and performance to explore the limits of her body as a material.
This is a clip from the I.T.Crowed. The part when it comes to 1:42, when Roy says ‘I’m disabled’. I use it as a ‘so called shield’. Enjoy…
Anatomy of Disgust p.89-108 Orifices and Bodily Waste- Whilst inside, it risks defiling the outside. Poisonous and polluting emissions. Two groups of Orifices…. A. Freudian Trio of erogenous zones Genitals Anus Mouth B. Key Organs of […]
This is been taken out of the Book, Powers of Horror – Julia Kristeva (1941) NEITHER SUBJECT NOR OBJECT There looms, within abjection, one of those violent, dark re- volts of being, directed against a threat that seems to emanate […]
I guess if someone one did now know what I have been through. As they walked through the freshold, they would immediately discover my big, tall, and heavy Gallows, wish would shock them at first. I want to shock the audience. They […]
The film The Wizard of Oz is again my inspiration for my latest work Dorothy in the Deadly Poppy Field. The poppy is a distinctive red flower which is immediately recognisable. It is a symbol of remembrance of the sacrifice […]
This week’s selection includes an exhibition of abstract painting and textiles at Tate Modern, a history of nitrate extraction at Liverpool’s Bluecoat and a printmaking group show in Scarborough.
the view from Penrhos coastal park, a house sits on a peninsular at tide out